3 Promoting dissemination of S&T informationJST is the major S&T information dissemination center of JapanJST activities:1. To build and maintain bibliographic and factual databases to construct the foundation of S&T activities.2. To make and disseminate databases of resources on researchers, research institutions and research resources.3. To aid the digitization and publication of electronic journals of Japanese academic societies.Commercial databasesJDream-II: Document retrieval system of academic papers from throughout the world (in Japanese)Free-of-charge databasesFactual databases of researchers, research institutes, patents, job information for researchers, etc.

5 Why Science Links Japan ?Difficulties for Non-Japanese in Searching Japanese Scientific and Technical Information (STI)1.Language difficulties2.STI in English available in limited quantity3.Information scattered4.Lack of timeliness

8 SLJ guides you to…… The latest news on Japanese S&TS&T research results and databasesS&T policies and statisticsStudy and research in JapanResearchers and research institutesetc…

9 contains documents from about 3,000 sourcesDB “J-EAST”contains documents from about 3,000 sources・ including academic publications, proceedings and technical reports of universities and enterprises published in Japan・publications in Japanese are translated to English

10 The number of Access・・・・500,000～600,000 PageView／MonthJST always welcomes your comments or suggestions for making this Website easier to use and more informative.